best tape to use is masking tape/floral tape as it is less stiff then other tapes and stay's nice in lace without letting go to much, didn't use it in this tut because i didn't have it at the time, and no it is perfectly safe it wont burn in the oven on the degrees needed to bake polymer clays

nowadays i use masking tape (and often apoxy sculpt to reinforce fragile parts such as the legs for better durability) as it sticks better and isn't as stiff as the tape i used in this tut but no that tape doesn't melt or catches fire (so far nothing i have used did XD)

I'm getting a lot better now, thanks to some tutorials on deviantARt. Your tutorial actually inspired me to make my first realistic sculpture, a leopard! Thanks again :3 Me too, most of the stuff i know came from here.

your very welcome! ah don't worry i was clueless about how to sculpt too in the beginning, you learn as you go and there's quite a lot you can find about the subject on the internet to help you, it's how i learnt sculpting anyway :3

This is so helpful, I didn't know you could safely put tape and stuff in the oven I like the wire wrapping technique - I'll definitely be using that, my pieces have a tendency to shed their limbs all the time XD

Perfect timing for this. I just bought some sculpting clay yesterday for a pony I plan on doing, then decided I better make sure I know what I'm doing before I just start mashing clay together. I like the pre sketches, good idea.